Navigating Without Electronics

Its easy to forget that people were crossing oceans and arriving successfully at their destinations without electronics. We Are the Mighty points out how the Vikings, Polynesians and British sailed the high seas before the advent of GPS.

Humanity is fated to explore, colonize, and come up with new ways to assert dominance over the forces of nature. The timeline of recorded history is marked by inventions that have propelled us forward to achieve the impossible and expand our collective intelligence. The early explorers navigated the violence of the open ocean by using the stability of the heavenly bodies to guide them.

Before sailors could brave the blank spots on the map, they had to know where home was and how to find their place in the world. By charting the stars, keeping precise time, and using their honed senses, humanity was given the tools needed to explore ever outward. Read More